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Medical-Surgical Nursing

Check Your Understanding Questions

Medical-Surgical NursingCheck Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
The preadmission nurse has performed an assessment on a patient. The patient denies being diabetic but states they take metformin. What should the nurse do?
2 .
Describe how a patient’s drug and alcohol use may impact surgery.
3 .
The preoperative nurse is reviewing the consent with the patient. The patient states the surgeon has not explained the procedure nor its risks and benefits. The patient asks the nurse to explain it. What should the nurse do?
4 .
Describe the patient safety measures the preoperative nurse can take.
5 .
Describe how the preoperative nurse’s workflow will be different for emergency surgery compared to elective procedures.
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